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REVENUES OF 0. S. 10 BEET EXPENSES 'increased customs have pro duced more revenue than expected. $270,000,000 FOR THE YEAf. 'Statement by Treasury Department Showing Operation of the New Tariff Law. Washington.?Figures were made public in a treaiur.v department state ment showing that customs revenue during the fiscal year which ends on June 30, 1914, almost certainly will meet and probably will exceed the estimates made when congress passea the new tariff law. The statement, prepared by Assist ant Secretary Mai burn, in charge of customs, said: "It was estimated that the receipts from customs for the fiscal year 1914, which included three months under the tariff act of 1909 and nine months un der the present tariff act, approved October 3,191<J, would amount to $270, 000,00, resulting in a los sof $49,000,000 from the customs receipts of the pre vious years. "The total customs collections for the nine months just ended amounted to $225,500,000, showing a loss for the nine months' period df $24,750,000 com- j pared with the collections for tbe same j period during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. As this loss is only one-half of the estimated loss for the whole year, it is probable that the re ceipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, will exceed the estimate. "It is to be noted that the loss in revenue during the months of Janu ary and February, 1914, amounted in round numbers to $6,000,000 and $10, 000.000 respectively. This was caused by the falling off of the duties paid upon sugar, as that commodity was re tained in bonded warehouses pending the reduction of sugar duties on March 1, 1914. The customs receipts for these two months amounted to $23, 500,000 and $17,500,000 respectively. The customs receipts for the month of March just closed were nearly $26, 000,000, as against $27,500,000 for the corresponding month of 1913, showing a loss of but $1,500,000 and a recov ery of r&ceipts as compared with Feb ruary ot this year of over $8,000,000. "In view of the above figures it now appears that a monthly average of less than $15,000,00.0 for April, May and June, the remaining three months of the present fiscal year, would bring the total of customs receipts up to $270,000,000, the original estimate for this fiscal year. It is probable that receipts for the three remaining months will exceed this average of $15,000,000 land that th6 total receipts for the fiscal year will run over the estimate of $270,000,000." WILSON FOR LOCAL OPTION Preside/it Doesn't Believe Prohibition Should Be Part of Politics. Washington.?President Wilson is for local option on tho liquor question and doe? not Deuwve promoiuou should bo made a pa-.t of a party pro gram. Since the older of Secretary Daniels was issued prohibiting the use of liquor by officers in the navy, persons in a position to obtain the president's views have learned that he will stand by his letter written in May, 1911, while governor of New Jersey, to the Rev Thomas B. Shan non of Newark, N. J., in which he said: "I am in favor of local option. I am a thorough beilever in local self government, and believe that every self-governing community which con stitutes a social uait should have the right to control the matter of the regu lation or the withholding of licenses. But the questions involved are social and moral and are not susceptible of being made parts ->f a party program." Secretary Daniels told friends the purpose of his order was in no way to give a politica: aspect to the sub ject of prohibition, or to commit the national administration, but only to promote efficiency in the navy. The president looks ou the order as a de partmental matter, Secretary Daniels having acted on his own initiative. Empress Eugenie's Maid Dead. Tampa, Fla.?Miss Philippine Pan ger, who was a lady in waiting to ex Pmnraet! Pmronio whoil KflTlftlBftn Til UUlplVOO " ?v*4 . ,?.rv.wv.. ? ? - ruled France, died at the home of Gustavus Ward here. She was 89 years old and had been in the Ward family more than forty years. Fol lowing the overthrow of the empire, Miss Panger came to America and be. came maid to Mr? Ward's mother at Nashville, Tenn. She was German, and letters in her possession show that she was related to families of the nobility of that country. Republicans Victorious. Albuquerque, N. M.?Returns from the municipal elections showed that Republicans led over Democratic and Fusion candidates in nearly all citiies, including Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Vegas. Labor Candidates Win. Denver, Colo.?Elections were con tested on local issues. In the six coal mining camps where union labor was an issue the labor candidates were successful in five. Only Bruised in High Fall. Roanoke, Va.?After D. McDaniel plunged headlong from the fourth story of a scaffolding here and the scaffolding on whJch he had been working dashed down upon him, he got up, brushed his clothes and walk ed quietly away. Ends Life in Cemetery. Washington.?W. H. Boggs of Balti more was founded dead in Arlington national cemetery with a pistol in his hand a bullet hole in his head. A.' j ......... .. William Gordon Is now serving his first term in congress as the repre sentative of the Twentieth Ohio dis trict Mr. Gordon was a Cleveland Democrat tiimrniirnnn 11/1110 TAOJt UIMIWUVU Wind IIM DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER IS NAMED SENATOR FROM STATE OF ALABAMA. A HEAVY VOTE WAS CAST Ticket Was Very Long, and Count Was Necessarily Slow in All Precincts. Birmingham, Ala?Oscar W. Under wood triumphed over Richmond P. Hobson in the contest before Demo cratic primaries throughout the state for the nomination to the United States senate. Owing to the com plexity and length of the ballots com plete returns were slow in coming in. The protracted struggle for the nom ination between the two distinguished candidates terminated with a record breaking vote by Alabama Democrats. Interest in the contest for the short term in the United States senate, the nomination of ten congressmen, a gov ernor and other state and county offi cers also brought thousands to the polls. Mr. Underwood made the following statement: "I am thoroughly satisfied with the primary election. The splendid ma jority given me in the state I attrib ute to the magnificent work that my friends have done for me in my ab sence. The result I feel is a personal vindication and a distinct approval of my remaining in Washington and at tending to my official duties. But af ter all is said, the final conclusion must be that it is more of a victory for fundamental Democratic principles than for myself." Underwood Visits III Father-ln-Law. Orlando, Fla.?Congressman Oscar W. Underwood, Democratic house lead er and nominee for senator from Ala bama, arrived here and hastened to the bedside of his father-in-law, J. W. Woodward, who for two weeks has been at the point of death at his win ter home here. Mr. Woodward, a Bir-? mingham, Ala., capitalist, relapsed. Mrs. Underwood has been with her father for the past ten days. The Democratic leader said the length of his stay depen ied upon the condition of his father-in-law, but he hoped to be able to go to Washington and re sume hi^ duties withi na few days. Mr. Underwood came here directly af ter the primary in Alabama, where he had gone to direct the closing of his campaign against Congressman Rich mond Pearson Hobson and to receive returns. Aviation Fatal to 38 in Three Months. Washington.?Death levied a heavy toll on aviators for the first three months of this year. Between January 1 and April 1 thirty-eight men lost j their lives through the uncertainty of I -- ? a- n,?;? a? I air (JUI 1 Cll to U1 L11C Ittliuic Ul LliCli lljr ing machines. The United States, with five killed, stands fourth on the list, which France heads with ten dead. France has more aviators than any nation in the world. Germany lost eight, Great Britain seven. Turkey lost three and Chile, Spain, Argentine, Switzerland, and Italy one each. Wilson's Views on Justice. Washington.?President Wilson an nounced the principle that Is guiding him in the selection of public serv anis. fie saiu at: uiu nut ueucve iu choosing men who would decide ques tions in a certain way, but would se lect those whom he knew to be just and fair. The president remarked that to him it seemed justice was the hard est thing in the world to obtain and that it required more courage than any other one thing. Mr. Wilson was discussi?ig his appointment of Prof. Winthrop iCl. Daniels. Memphis Gas Explosion Kills Nine. Memphis, Tenn.?Nine men met death here when they were caught by a gas explosion in caisson No. 5 of the new Harahan bridge, under con struction across the iMississippi river. The men, all of whom were whit \ had just gone to work. The aad are Thomas Leonard, John Clayton, John King, J. Johnson, A. Winkler, I'. J. Farre.il, Mike Burke, Jack Powers, Peter Watson. The caisson in which the explosion took place is near the Arkansas shore, and is ninety feet I deep. iTflEATy IS SIGNED ; WITH COLOMBIA UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA DIPLOMATS SIGN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AT BOGOTA. WAS A MOMENTOUS EVENT i.25,000,000 Paid South American Coun try for its Interest in Panama Canal Zone. Bogota, Colombia?The treaty be tween the United States and Colom bo Bottiinc thf> Panama controversy, was signed at the state department of I Colombia by the American minister, Thaddeus A. Thomson, and represen tatives of the Colombian government. The ceremony of signing the treaty was an impressive one. The American minister was accompanied by the sec retary of the legation, Leland Harri son. The Colombian signatories were j the Colombian minister of foreign af fairs, Francisco Jose Urrutia, and members of the advisory committee, I Marco Fidel Suarez, first vice president j of the republic; Nicholas Esguerra, former minister of state; Senator Jose Maria Valencia, Senator Rafael Uribe and Antonio Jose Uribe, president of the house of representatives. The conferring of full powers on this committee to sign the treaty bound to gether the representative heads of all the political parties, insuring the rati fication of the treaty by congress, which will meet in special session for that purpose May 1. It is also a guar antee of the future stability of the 5U VTTl UUiCliU . The signing of this treaty is looked on here as a momentous event in the, history of the foreign relations of Co lombia and marks a new era for her future. It is pointed out by those sup porting the treaty that the friendship of the government and the people of the United States is of incalculable value. *" ' . Washington^?Signing of the treaty of Bogota was the outcome of nego tiations that had been in progress since soon after President Wilson took office. Details of the agreement have not been made public in Washington. It is understood, however, that the trea ty provides for' the payment to Co lombia the lump sum of $25,000,000 in full payment for the loss suffered by the latter country when Panama se ceaea ana trausi?nt;u mc taum to the United States, and for exclusive rights to the United States for\he con struction of an inter-oceanic canal through Colombian territory, and for a coaling privilege on the Colombian coast. < The agreement wilf dispose of one of the most troublesome problems with which the United States ever has had to deal in its relations with Latin America. ILLINOIS WOMEN VOTE "DRY' \ < More Than One Thousand Saloons ( Closed by Women of Illinois. + One Thousand Saloons 4* Voted Out of Existence. + + Chicago.?Conservative esti- + mates based on actual reports + + from townships show that more * + than one thousand saloons were + + voted out of existence in the * + state of Illinois outside of Chi- + + cago. + + + Chicago.?Illinois women swarmed to the polls in nearly three hundred townships and as a result of their activity at least twelve counties have been added to the thirty which now bar saloons. The country districts saw the great est gains in anti-saloon territory. Of the larger cities the following voted from wet to dry: Bloomington, Decatur, Belvidere, Canton, Freeport, Galesburg, Joliet, Monmouth, Kewanee, Lockport, Elgin, and East Galena. Rockford and Gal va, which were dry, remain in the dry column. New York "Gunmen" Must Die. Albany, N. Y.?Governor Glynn re fused to either commute the death sentence of the four gunmen convict ed of slaying Herman Rosenthal or to erant them a reprieve until after the second trial of former Police Lieuten ant Charles Becker. They must die by electrocution in Sing Sing prison some time next week. It would have been a miscarriage of justice to have granted a commut?Mon and an improp er exercise of executive . power to have granted a reprieve, the governor said in a statement. Liquor Ads Legal in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.?Newspaper advertis ing is not soliciting and therefore the Mississippi newspapers are not prohib-' ited from printing liquor advertise ments by the May-Lott-Lewis anti-li quor law which went into effect ac cording to an opinion rendered from the office of Ross Collin.s attorney general of Mississippi. The May-Lott Lewis law stipulates that "no person, firm or corporation, by letter, circular or otherwise, shal solicit or take or ders for an intoxicating liquors." The I law applies to the entire state. Republicans Win in New Jersey. Paterson, N. J.?Republicans gain ed and Democrats lost a seat in the house of representatives as the result of a special election in the seventh New Jersey district. Dow H. Drukker, a Passaic contractor, was elected con gressman to succeed the late Robert L. Bremner, by more than 5,000 plu rality over James J. O'Byrne, a Demo crat, personally indorsed by President Wilson and aided by some of the fore most campaign speakers at the call of the administration. : a. ' Miss Milburn. the pretty Washing* ton girl here pictured, traveled from the national capital to Honolulu, where, on March 20, she married Lieut. R. L. Gaugler, U. S. A., sta tioned there. BAR WHISKEY FBI MVIf SECRETARY DANIELS ISSUES A RULE TO BAR LIQUOR FROM EVERY SHIP. A Clear Head and a Steady Hand Is Needed, Says the Secretary of the Navy. Washington.?Absolute prohibition will prevail in the United States navy after July 1 next Secretary Daniels made public a sweeping order, which not only will abolish the traditional "wine mess" of the officers, but will bar all alcoholic liquors from every ship and shore station of the navy. This order, constituting one of the most notable victories ever won by prohibition forces, was issued on the recommendation o? Surgeon General Braister. "The use of introduction for drink ing purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard, or station, is strictly pro hibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of this order." In a statement Secretary Daniels said: "I am in hearty agreement with the views expressed by the surgeon gen eral. There should not be on ship board with reference to intoxicants, one rule for officers and another and a different rule for the enlisted per sonnel. The saddest hour in my official life when an officer or enlisted man must be punished for Intoxication. During the past week it has been my painful duty to approve a courtmar tlal for dismissal from the service of an officer for intoxication. He told me that he never had tasted intoxi cants until he did so in the wine mess on the cruise. Others who have been disciplined for drinking tq excess have made similar statements to me. Boy Killed by Mule's Kick. Atlanta.?Theodore Ford, the four year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ford, was kicked to death near their home on Flat Shoals road, where Mr. Ford conduct a farm and dairy. The child had gone into the field with its mother and approached the mule, when the mother's attention was directed to other thangs. The animal turned sud denly and kicked the child several times, which resulted in crushing his skull. He was rushed to the Grady hospital, but died. The body was re moved to Bloomfleld's chapel and fun eral arrangements will be completed later. The body was removed to Bloomfleld's chapel Fleas Cause the Plague. New Orleans.?Fleas carried in sacks of sugar and not rats are re sponsible for the recently reported cases of bubonic plague at Havana, Cuba, according tc Surgeon John Gui teras, director of sanitation for the republic of Cuba, in a letter to Dr. Oscar Dowling of the Louisiana state board of health. Surgeon Guiteras states in his letter that lie conducted more than twenty-five hundred labora tory experiments with rates, for the purpose of determining the manner in which bubonic plague germs carried. Many Spaniards Deported. Torreon, Mexico.?Gen. Francisco Villa ordered that the 600 Spaniards of Torreon be deported. He issued in structions that trains be provided im mediately and that the exodus to El Paso, Texas should begin at once. Their property will be temporarily con fiscated. It is the tragedy of Chihua hua over again, and is said to express the deep-rooted suspicion and even ha tred with which the native Mexican and particularly the peon looks on the Spaniard. Burglars Get $1,000. Charlotte, N. C.?Safe crackers se cured a thousand dollars in stamps and money from the postoffice at Ran dleman, N. G\, says a special from that place. An attempt was made to blow open the vault of the People's Bank also, but beyond defacement of the doors, no damage was done. Bond Issue for Coast Line. Richmond, Va.?Atlantic Coast Line stockholders in called meeting here authorized a bond issue of $200,000, 000 at 4 1-2 per cent.. ROAD 11TAIKE LEXINGTON HIGHWAY BETWEEN BROOKLAND AND BATESBURG IS MODEL OF r'STEM. ROAD PATROL FOR FULL TIME Private Subscriptions Augment Pub lic Funds and Lexington County is First in State to Accept Tarms of Federal Government, j Lexington.?Lexington is one of the first counties in the South to adopt -he patrol system for the mainte nance of a public highway. For the past year a man has been employed by the supervisor and the members of the good roads committee of Lex ington county. The man is provided with a mule and a cart and he is required to gO' over the road, working so many miles a day, all the year. The wagon is pro vided with a tent and the man gives his entire time to the maintenance of the highway between the limits ot the town of Brookland and the limits of Batesburg. The distance between the two points is approximately 26 miles, excluding the streets of Brook land, Batesburg and other towns along the rout?. "The road baa been greatly im proved during the past year as a re sult of the patrol system," said W. C. Farber of Batesburg, who was among the visitors a few days ajgo. Recently the county commission ers of Lexington county decided to enter into the co-operative agreement with the United States office of pub lic highways for the maintenance of the section of the Capital-to-Capital highway between Brookland and the Saluda county line. The scheme was explained at a mass meeting of the citizens of Lexington held several days ago when the government engi neers were making the scouting trip. At the mass meeting H. A. Meetze of Leesvile, D. Frank Eflrd and J. Simon Caughman of Lexington, L. S. Trofcti of Brookland and William C. Farber of Batesburg were appointed as a committee to present the plan to the county commissioners. The commissioners are W. L. Addy and John W. Smith. The committee ap peared before the commissioners and C. E. Corley, supervisor of Lexington county, and it was decided to accept ( Via r??>rvTir?a1Mrtn r\t ths TTnltaH Statftfl office of public highways. The peti tion waa filled out and mailed to Washington. Lexington is one of the first counties in the state to accept the offer of the government. Navy Yard to Flash Signals. Charleston.?At the request of the British Association foT the Advance ment of Science, the United States government has designated two radio stations in this country to tqke spe cial observations with the view of as certaining, if possible, the causes of certain obstructions that are at times encountered in radio communication. The radio station at the Charleston navy yard and the one at Bremerton, Wash., in the Puget Sound navy yard are the two stations that have been selected to take the observations. The choice of Charleston radio sta tion to do this work in the Eastern half of the United States is consider ed a recognition of the efficiency of the station and the men In charge. These special observations will be of an "atmospheric" nature and. will be taken three times a week for a pe riod of four months. Li -. r-t-i n.u vii vrvii * 11ib nao rciu u/a/. Greenville. ? T-tfo days recently were high school days for Greenville. The high schools of the Piedmont were in possession of the city. En thusiasm has run high and the best of feeling exists between all the schools. In the track meet held Greenville won first place, Westminster second place, and Central third place. Records were broken in pole vault, running night jump and the discus. Will Subscribe $54,120. . Greenville. ? The four national oanks of Greenville representing a capitlaization of $901,000, will sub scribe $54,120 to the capital of the FedeTal reserve bank of the fifth dis trict which will be located at Rich mond, Y&. Will Organize City Market. Spartanburg.?Agitation under way n this city for several years for the establishing of a central market appears likely to bear fruit soon. At the meeting of the city council recent ly Arch B. Calvert, president of the Bank of Spartanburg and others in terested offered to convert the build ing of the old Morgan Iron Works Into a city market house, provided an ordinance was passed requiring deal ers in fresh meats, vegetables and other produce to conduct their busi cess there. Spartanburg's Bank Deposits. Spartanburg.?The national banking Institutions of the city?the First National bank, the Central National bank and the American National bank?with a combined capital stock of $1,000,000 and a surplus of $235, 000, will subscribe the sum of $74,100 to the capital stock of the reserve bank to be located at Richmond, Va. If the remaining five banks of the city agree to enter the federal reserve system, Spartanburg's share in the capital stock of the Richmond bank will be $102,100. Corn Club in Jasper, Ridgeland.?Recently L. B. Altman, the local agricultural agent for the government in Jasper county, with the able assistance of W. R. Elliott, the district manager for the section of the state, organized a boys' corn club for Jasper county. Already some 50 boys have joined the club and it now seems that before the campaign is over the number will be 100 or more. This is the first time that Jasper has ever had a boys' corn club, but it promises to be equal to any in the state. \ OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY Merger of 8hort Line Railroads?Ha? "The Mott Convenient Port to Panama." Section of Improved Road In Aiken :ounty, which it on the Capital-to Japital Highway and over which the United States Good Roads Engineer# passed a few days ago. Charleston.?The Carolina, Atlantic & Western Railway, running from Charleston to Hamlet, N. C., added to the great trunk lines traversing South Carolina and terminating at the port of Charleston when the merger of the Charleston Northern, North and South Carolina, South Carolina Western, and the South Carolina Western ex tension Railways was completed April 3. The road extends through a rich section of South Carolina and will add greatly to the facilities of Charleston, making another step in the rapid development of "The "Most Convenient Port to Panama." Papers giving the terms of the agreement unaer wnicn xne merger took place were filed in the office of Secretary of State McCown a few days ago. The merger was authoriz ed at the recent session of the Gen eral Assembly through an act which was introduced by Senator Sinkler of Charleston. With this road added Charleston now has the great trunk lines of'the South, Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line, terminating at her magnificent port, all evidencing the prepararedness of Charleston for the great colume of business when the formal opening of the Panama Canal takes place. Chicago Will Visit City-By-Sea. Charleston.?Thirty* representative business men from the board of com mere? of Chicago will visit Charles ton on a trade extension trip April 17 and while here will be entertained by the local chamber of commerce. They will be entertained during the day by a committee. At 8 -o'clock, it being the date of the regular quarterly smoker of the chamber of commerce, they will be entertained at the smok etr as honor guests of the occasion. Ice Plant for Georgetown. Georgetown.?Machinery for a 12 ;on ice plant is being erected at the wood alcohol manufactory of the du Pont de Nemours Powder Company of Wilmington, DeL, at this plac?. Condensers, coils and other apparatus are already in place and the ice ma chine is on its concrete base. In the course of two or three weeks power may be turned on from the gigantic engines of the alcohol plant. Ask for Drainage Congress. Columbia.?A delegation from the chamber of commerce will go to Sav annah with a view to bringing to Col umbia the next annual meeting of the National Drainage Congress. This was decided upon at the regu lar meeting of the board of directors fo the chaniber recently. The ap pointment of the delegates was left with Bruce Walker Ravenel, chair man. Offer Additional Prizes. Columbia.?-It was announced re cently that in addition to the $2,000 in premiums to be offered at the Colum bia horse show cups had been offered by the National State Bank, the Guar anty Trust Company, the Jefferson Hotel and Sylvan Bros. A ton of fer tilizer each has been offered by the American Agricultural Chemical Com pany and the Virginia-Carolina Chem ical Company. Richard Singleton said a few days ago that the fertilizer would probably be given as awards in the farm classes. Mobile Wins Y. M. C. A. Contest. Columbia.?Y. M. C. A. Contest Manager A. T. Stratton announced, re sult of recent campaign as follows: Mobile 1,600 11,689 13,289 Charleston* .. .. 2,189 8,51S 10,702 Savannah .. .. 2,105 6,434 8,539 /i -.,nin 147- 7 397 7 3Q7 tJi t/CIl v IliC * * Charlotte .. 9S1 4,555 5,536 Augusta 452 4,767 5,219 Columbia 515 4,280 4,795 Greensboro.. .. 514 3.1G9 3,984 Wilmington.. .. 544 3,400 3,945 Winston-Salem.. 315 3,164 3,474 Sumier 411 2,372 2.7S3 Water and Light Convention. Columbia.?Organized in Columbia June 28. 1911, the Tri-State Water and Light association of the Carolinas and Georgia will hold Its fourth annual convention April 16 and 17 in Atlanta. A. J. Sproles of Greenwood is presi donFred C. Wyse of Columbia is flij. vice president. F. A. Coward, M, D., and W. F. Stieglitz of Columbia will be among the speakers. Other South Carolinians on the programme are M. B. Sanders or Greenwood and E. M. Anderson of Abbeville. II. S. WAITS END OF i TiPICO BATTLE 4 'FFICIALS ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT OIL PROPERTY WHICH HAS ? - i' ' '> BEEN DESTROYED. \j * mo MAKES DEMANCS f; A Til M Rear Admiral Mayo Has Sent Note to Leaders of Both Sides Insisting That Foreign Property Be Protected. as United "States Demands. ? , ' Washington.?Officials here await inxiously the outcome of fightkig at Tampico, where valuable oil property already has been destroyed and Amer ican and other foreigh:owned plants are in danger from the shells of Fed eral gunboats. At last reports the battle was in progress and shells were - -* it. ~ -II ?At In ianing arouiiu uiw uu yiuveiuoo, u spite of the urgent protests of Rear Admiral Mayo, commanding Amerl- t can warships anchored off the port Admiral Mayo has sent one note to the Constitutionalist chief direct* ing the attack on Tamplco, and two to General Zaragoza, the Federal commander, Insisting that foreign - | property be protected. State and Navy Department officials . said Constitutionalists and Federals had been warned that the United h States would ^regard with great dis- i favor the destruction of any foreign 4 ') property. No specific orders have been given Admiral Mayo as to what he shall do j in the even his representations are ignored. Reports to the State Department said several oil tanks bad been struck by shells; that one was on fire and that oil was running into the river While the State Department an nouncement did not mention what plant was on fire, it is supposed to be the one reported aflame by Rear Ad miral Mayo. :T; u INVESTIGATE COAL RATES Senator Tillman Says Discrimnfationa Against the South Mutt Be Prob ed to the Bottom. Washington. ? Considerable excite ment is being stirred up in Washing ton over the Tillman resolution to in vestigate coal rates and alleged dis criminations against the South. The letter of Ben L. Dulaney, a larWfe inde pendent operator at Bristol, Tenn., caused much cdtnment. Frank C. Wright, in a letter to Senator' Bryan of Florida and Jake Bewley, of Bristol, in one to Senator Shields have supported the charges ' of Mr. Dulaney. % Senator Tillman says that the mat ter of coal rates and discriminations must be probed to the bottom. The cotton mills and other manu facturing enterprises of the South are greatly interested in this controversy. people that they cannot get their coal into the market because of the bans that the coal trust has put on certain railroads. ? , y Southern Educational Association, wji LaGrange, Ga.?Dr. W. R. Tate of Columbia, S. C.f president of the Southern Educational Association, Dr. P. P. Claxton of Washington, Uni ted States commissioner of education and Dr. J. M. Phillips, superintendent < of the Brmingham, Ala. public schools. - are among the chief speakers for the coming convention of the Georgia. Educational Association, according to the program announced here by T. G. Polhill, president. The association meets in Macon April 23 to 25. Secretary and Mrs. Bryan to Florida. Washington.?Secretary and 'Mrs. Bryan are planning to leave Washing ton for an indefinite stay at their Winter place in Miami, Fla. Mr. Bry an since his recent illness is still weak and has been advised to go. South for a complete rest. Guggenheim Resign*. Denver, Col?Simon Guggenheim, former United States Senator from Colorado resigned as National'Repub lican committeeman. Examinations For Cadetship. Washington?Commandant Berholf of the revenue cutter service announ ced that examinations for line and en gineer cadetships in the service would be held on the five days beginning June 1. Men between the , ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for cadetships in the line and those between 20 and 25 for the engineer branch. Exam inations will be conducted in large cities throughout the country. Suc cessful candidates will be appointed cadets and after three years proba tion will be commissioned in service 1 Capt. Hanson Meets Horrible Death Newark, N. J.?Captain John Han son, master of a stone barge, was knocked into Newark bay and drawn into a government sand sucking dredge half mile away, then cast through a 14 inch pipe two thousand feet long out into the Newark mead ows. In passing through the dredge the body was cut into four pieces. The barge May Madison was being towed from Newark to New York. In passing through the draw of a rail--;' road bridge the barge butted into a. roaa Dnuge xue umge juiieu captain Hanson overboard. Will Make No Changes. Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo told New Jersey representatives who protested against the ir elusion of Hudson county in the Philadelphia regional reserve bank district instead of the New York district that the or ganization committee, of which he is chairman, has no intention of revising the list of twelve districts and cities recently announced. Protests may be heard by the committee but the only hope to those who asked changes is in the Federal reserve board yet-. 3 be appointed by Pies/ilent Wilson.. |